grocery store

I've confessed my addiction to healthy subscription boxes before—and, really, the obsession hasn't subsided. Take, for example, this month's Bulu Box. It's filled with stuff like FlapJacked Protein Pancake Mix, Manitoba Harvest Hemp Hearts, and Ripped Cream Protein Coffee Creamer—all health-related stuff that I enjoy trying out. Guinea-pigging is one of my favorite things! But Bulu Box also included an informational insert that's all about understanding what the numbers on your produce actually mean. Take a look—did you know this? I think this is an excellent tool to add too your shopping-cart arsenal—I like knowing how to interpret those stickers, and plan on examining a lot of fruit in the near future. Hmm...which will probably look weird to other shoppers. But I'm pretty OK with that. Have you ever wondered what the numbers on produce mean? More about grocery shopping: * How to lose weight at the supermarket * Something really gross that happened at a grocery store * A cute way to eat more fruit Photo: Thinkstock; Infographic: Bulu Box read more

Grocery and food stores are notorious for putting nutritionally meh products at the end of every aisle (where hungry shoppers are more likely to spontaneously buy them—which, by the way, is one of the reasons you shouldn't wheel your cart into a supermarket when you're famished). But, according to a new study, there's a surefire way to combat impulse buys—and stay on track with whatever health goals you might have. A new study in Nutrition and Diabetes sought out to see if "pre-commitment" to one's diet before hitting the grocery store could help aid in weight loss. According to lead author Dr. Nicole Au: "When individuals worked with detailed meal plans and a grocery list to make the meals it could have a meaningful impact on weight loss and long-term health among overweight and obese individuals. We found because the planning of meals and writing of the shopping list could be carried out relatively cheaply, it was a cost-effective weight-loss tool when compared with the alternative of 'doing nothing.'" Basically, having the food items in writing actually helped make study participants commit to buying just those items, and not, say, adding some random cheese puffs or the on-sale 99-cent potato read more

Based upon my own experience, I’d guess you’re not going to meet your mate at the store. Here’s why... 1. You’re wearing those sweatpants you've had since junior year of high school. 2. You’re buying an economy-size package of toilet paper. 3. You’re in a bad mood (because you’re at the grocery story), and you’re being a B. 4. You pull your wallet from your purse and out falls your dirty underwear from when you were at the gym. 5. You’re making a lot of unsexy grunting noises because—dang!—that kitty litter bag is heavy! 6. It’s Friday night and everyone is out. Like, really out. Why aren’t you really out? 7. You’re not drunk at the grocery store. 8. The music in the background? Alanis Morisette. From her Jagged Little Pill era. That stuff makes you want to kick guys in the balls, not ask them out on dates. 9. How on earth are you going to break the ice in the soup aisle? 10. Playfully ramming into his cart only sounds like a good idea. He’ll think you’re insane. 11. The grocery store is a place of relatively low human-to-human contact. Unless you hit someone in the parking read more